Seeding

Future Artists

“Our ultimate objective in learning about anything is to try to creative and develop a more just society.”

Yuri kochiyama

This month, we invite readers to enjoy six new Seeds stories from students and alumni who captivate us with their shared desires to learn new skills and to realize stories and emotions through their art. We hear from Alex Hu, a student inspired by impressionist painters, and eager to pursue a career as a tattoo artist. Julian Turovsky and Betty Bui-Reilly tell us about their hopes to use their time at the League as an opportunity to develop dynamic and strong portfolios for future study. And Kathleen Halley-Segal shares how she draws inspiration from paintings by Alice Neel that portray working class communities of New York City. 

We also acknowledge both Asian American Heritage Month and Mental Health Awareness Month throughout May and share inspirational reads and upcoming shows from AAPI artists whose work sheds light on healing, history, and identity. Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya, daughter of Thai and Indonesian immigrants, creates public art in service of her communities, focused on creating spaces for collective healing. On May 4th, Just Between Us: From the Archives of Arlan Huang opens at Pearl River Mart gallery, showcasing works by Asian American artists and “weaving together art, conversation, mutual support and love that are the foundations of our neighborhood and community.” We also share the exhibition essay from KANTEN 観展: The Limits of History, a show on view at Apexart that reflects on the Asia Pacific War and highlights, “the ways in which the trauma of the past continues to have impact in the present.” 

Check back next month for our June newsletter!


Seeds of the League Students and Alumni


Alvianah Raysor

West & East Indian (Gullah Geechee, Cuban, Cherokee)
City-As-School High School
Spielberger-Spanierman Scholarship- 2022

Costa Vavagiakis
Anatomical Drawing

Toyona Wilson

Jamaican
City-As-School High School
Spielberger-Spanierman Scholarship- 2022
Costa Vavagiakis
Anatomical Drawing

Alisa Beck

Caucasian
City-As-School High School
Spielberger-Spanierman Scholarship- 2022

Costa Vavagiakis
Anatomical Drawing
Alex Ruiz
Puerto-Rican
Sculpture Carving in Wood

Our Stories


Inspiration

Aleenah Ansari

Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya’s Public Art Creates Spaces To Heal

ASian American arts aliance

Just Between Us: From The Archives Of Arlan Huang

EIMI TAGORE-ERWIN

KANTEN 観展: The Limits Of History


seeds Events Calendar


An exhibition on view at
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Opens May 1st

An exhibition on view at
El Museo del Barrio
May 19, 2023 – March 10, 2024

An exhibition on view at
The New Museum
March 2 – June 4, 2023

An exhibition on view at
The Bronx Museum
May 24 – September 10, 2023

An exhibition on view at
MoMA PS1
March 16 – August 21, 2023

An exhibition on view at the
Brooklyn Museum
March 3 – June 25, 2023

An exhibition on view at the
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
through May 29, 2023

An exhibition on view at the
Queens Museum
April 23 – September 10, 2023

An exhibition on view at the
Brooklyn Museum
June 23, 2023 – October 22, 2023

An exhibition on view at
Lisson Gallery
June 29 – August 12, 2023

An exhibition on view at the
Whitney Museum
October 4, 2023 – January 2024

An exhibition on view at the
New Museum
June 23 – September 17, 2023

An exhibition on view at the
Queens Museum
October 22, 2023 – March 10, 2024

An exhibition on view at
The Drawing Center
June 2 – September 3, 2023

at The New Museum
Sunday, June 4th
12 – 5pm

at the Brooklyn Museum
Saturday, June 3rd
5 – 10pm

at the Noguchi Museum
Saturday, June 17th
11am – 6pm

at the El Museo del Barrio
Saturday, June 3rd
12:00 – 5:00pm

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